Resilience

5 tips to help you support someone with Cancer Written by Rebecca van Dijk Rebecca van Dijk is a beautiful 33-year-old woman who was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer last year. You can read about her incredible journey thus far here, and how naming her cancer gave her a way to seperate herself from it. Rebecca has come to know…

Why adequate is awesome! Kelly Banks is the Co-founder of Support Crew, along with her good buddy Janine Williams. Kelly explores how when we are supporting someone we love who's going through a difficult time we can become unnecessarily paralysed by the fear of doing the wrong thing. Have you ever found yourself wanting to support someone going through…

A tip for managing energy and something we should all be doing! Our Co-founder Kelly Banks has been the Chief Support for her partner Randal for many years, not only to support him in cancer slaying, but for another reason. Kelly shares with us, a brilliant tip for managing MS, but importantly managing energy, which is something we could all benefit from.…

Five ways to help a friend without waiting to be asked. The problem with “Let me know what I can do to help” Written by Kara Dorset, our great friend and copywriter extraordinaire. Kara is an incredible Mum of two gorgeous girls and speaks from her own experience. Thank you Kara, this will help so many people who are part…

Louise Thompson: the secret to getting through tough times Louise Thompson is a life coach, author, yoga teacher, NZ Herald columnist, keynote speaker and TV and radio personality and an extraordinarily inspirational woman. In part one, Louise talked about how to be more resilient. Here, in part two, she shares five more strategies around cultivating resilience, explaining how to bend, not break,…

Louise Thompson: how to be more resilient Louise Thompson is a life coach, author, yoga teacher, NZ Herald columnist, keynote speaker and TV and radio personality and an extraordinarily inspirational woman. In the first of this two part series, Louise helps us explore how learning how to be resilient can help us cope with difficult, stressful or life changing situations. Resilience is…